39 U.S.C. § 3206 — Reimbursement for penalty mail service
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-375 to r/title-39-POSTAL-SERVICE · 193 words · no verdicts yet
Most Government departments and agencies must reimburse the Postal Service for postage on their penalty mail. Agriculture and State have separate reimbursement rules for the specified categories of mail.
(a) Except as subsection (b) provides, the covered executive departments, agencies, independent establishments, and Government corporations must transfer to the Postal Service, from available appropriations or funds as an expense of their activities, postage revenue equal to the postage due, as determined by the Postal Service, for penalty mail sent by or to them under section 3202.
(b) Agriculture must transfer, from appropriations made for that purpose, the postage amount determined by the Postal Service for penalty mail under section 3202(a)(1)(F) and (4).
(c) State must similarly transfer the postage amount for penalty mail under section 3202(a)(1)(C) and (D).
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, executive departments and agencies, independent establishments of the Government of the United States, and Government corporations concerned, shall transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenue out of any appropriations or funds available to them, as a necessary expense of the appropriations or funds and of the activities concerned, the equivalent amount of postage due, as determined by the Postal Service, for matter sent in the mails by or to them as penalty mail under authority of section 3202 of this title.
The Department of Agriculture shall transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to it for that purpose the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal Service, for penalty mailings under clauses (1)(F) and (4) of section 3202(a) of this title.
The Department of State shall transfer to the Postal Service as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to it for that purpose the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal Service, for penalty mailings under clause (1)(C) and (D) of section 3202(a) of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 93–191, § 9, Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 94–553, § 105(e), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-375 · 84 Stat. 753
- 1973Amended · Pub. L. 93-191 · 87 Stat. 745
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-553 · 90 Stat. 2599
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-375 on 1970-08-12.
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